Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Trenton, MI Crime Grade
How Trenton grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Michigan — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Michigan
2/10
vs. Michigan cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Trenton, MI was 61.7 per 100,000 residents (11 incidents over a population of 17,830). That puts Trenton 81% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 85% below the Michigan statewide rate of 422.8.
That ranks Trenton #657 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 83% of them, and #16 of 138 in Michigan. Violent crime is up 82% year over year and down 21% over the last five years.
Trenton, MI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Michigan Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 61.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #657 of 3,771
- MI rank
- #16 of 138
- Safer than
- 83% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 82%
- 5-year change
- down 21%
- Population
- 17,830
- Reporting agency
- Trenton Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Trenton Police Department (FBI ORI MI8278300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Trenton, MI
Also known as
- Sibley
History
A post office existed in the community of Sibley in 1903; in 1920 the community was incorporated and in 1929 Sibley was annexed by the city of Trenton. The name Sibley is still used to refer to this section of Trenton.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Trenton (red), Michigan (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Trenton vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 78.0(14) | 99.4(18) | 33.2(6) | 33.9(6) | 61.7(11) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.7(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 11.1(2) | 11.0(2) | 5.5(1) | 11.3(2) | 5.6(1) |
| Robbery | 27.8(5) | 5.5(1) | 11.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 5.6(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 39.0(7) | 82.8(15) | 16.6(3) | 17.0(3) | 50.5(9) |
| Property crime | 467.9(84) | 596.4(108) | 620.2(112) | 548.1(97) | 459.9(82) |
| Burglary | 39.0(7) | 16.6(3) | 22.1(4) | 5.7(1) | 28.0(5) |
| Larceny | 378.7(68) | 474.9(86) | 520.5(94) | 429.4(76) | 358.9(64) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 50.1(9) | 99.4(18) | 77.5(14) | 107.4(19) | 72.9(13) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Trenton, MI Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Trenton Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Trenton calculated?
- Trenton's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Michigan state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Michigan cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Trenton Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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